# Chevy Volt getting closer to production

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**Created:** [April 3, 2008, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-volt-getting-closer-to-production/46157 "2008-04-03T12:11:47Z")
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### Author: ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-volt-getting-closer-to-production/46157/15 "2008-04-03T15:12:32Z")

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“Posawatz said the Volt’s lithium-ion batteries can store about the same amount of power (16 kilowatt-hours) and provide nearly the same vehicle range (40 miles or more) as the EV1’s lead-acid batteries. However, the lithium-ion batteries, located under the Volt’s chassis and are about a third the size of the EV1’s, should last the vehicle’s lifetime.”

> **[GM Resurrects the Electric Car](https://www.wired.com/2007/01/gm-resurrects-the-electric-car/)**
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> General Motors, a company notorious for allegedly conspiring with Big Oil and others to "kill the electric car," is about to roll out a unique, fuel-efficient sedan that could redefine electric vehicles. The new Chevrolet Volt, which premieres Sunday...

Here is price per Kilowatt hour

[http://www.ppinys.org/reports/jtf/electricprices.html](http://www.ppinys.org/reports/jtf/electricprices.html)

NEW YORK 14.54 cents

So $2.33 to recharge

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